At this moment, Lv Xiaoling was completely dumbfounded, staring blankly at Li Lin, forgetting to speak. Her face flushed red from her cheeks to her neck, and Li Lin could even hear her heartbeat.
Li Lin sneered inwardly, this trick really worked on naive girls. His eyes filled with affection, gazing intently at Lv Xiaoling. At this moment, Li Lin even thought that compared to his gaze, the looks of Tony Leung in his previous life were nothing but fleeting clouds.
Looking at Li Lin's gaze, which seemed capable of killing, Lv Xiaoling turned her head away in panic, her body trembling slightly, refusing to meet Li Lin's gaze. She then said in a hurried voice, "You're despicable. Anyway, I won't like you. Then why did you leave me alone on Lanling Mountain? It took me until the next day to come down. It was so scary at night; I was too frightened to move. I hate you, and I won't have anything to do with you."
"I know you won't like me. I never thought you would. I knew you would kill me, so before dying, I gathered the courage to tell you this. I had planned to keep it buried in my heart forever," Li Lin said again.
"Then why did you run when you saw me?" Lv Xiaoling immediately asked, then realized she might have overreacted, her face blushing again, daring not to meet Li Lin's gaze.
"That was because I was too shocked. After I left Lanling Mountain, I swore that the next time I saw you, even if you killed me, I must muster the courage to tell you, I really like you. But when I saw you, I realized I didn't have the courage to say it. Now that I've said it, my heart feels at ease. Come on, kill me. I'm not worthy of liking you. If loving you is a sin, then I'm beyond redemption. This is my sin, kill me," Li Lin said with a look of sincere resignation.
"Is... is what you said true?" After a moment, Lv Xiaoling asked with a flushed face.
"Yes, truer than pearls," Li Lin affirmed.
"I'm telling you, I won't like you. But, I also won't kill you. Don't like me anymore, don't think too much. I certainly won't like someone like you, a pervert and a swindler," Lv Xiaoling said, avoiding Li Lin's gaze, speaking softly.
Hearing this, Li Lin immediately understood that his life was saved. All women, especially naive girls, if they know someone silently likes them, even if they previously wished to kill him, once they know he did it for her, they won't feel aversion towards him anymore. Even if they don't like him, they would feel touched and guilty.
"So women are all the same," Li Lin thought inwardly. Although this method was somewhat despicable and shameless, it was the most effective against naive girls.
"Not liking you, I'm afraid I can't do that. Just kill me, then I can truly stop liking you," Li Lin continued, seizing the moment, thinking about his spatial beast pouch still with Lv Xiaoling, needing to find a way to get it back.
"Miss, those two toads have left," the voice of the middle-aged man came from outside the hall.
"I'm telling you, you must not speak of today's events to anyone, nor tell anyone that you like me, or else I won't kill you, but I'm afraid the elders will," Lv Xiaoling hurriedly said to Li Lin upon hearing the middle-aged man's voice, her whole body blushing like a blooming flower.
"Miss, why is your face red?" At this moment, the man and woman re-entered the hall, seeing Lv Xiaoling's flushed face, the middle-aged man asked in confusion, while the middle-aged woman glanced at Li Lin, then at her sister, with a puzzled expression.
"It's nothing, just a bit hot," Lv Xiaoling said in a fluster.
"Eh, this kid woke up?" The middle-aged man noticed Li Lin, giving him a stern look, then said, "This kid looks sneaky, not a good bird. Miss, it's better to kill him to avoid future trouble, lest he escapes."
"You have no eye for people. If I'm considered sneaky, then you're just sleazy," Li Lin angrily thought to himself, but only dared to curse inwardly, not daring to provoke a Martial Commander.
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"Elder Liu, we can't kill him, don't you dare kill him. If you do, I'll never let you off," Lv Xiaoling immediately scolded the middle-aged man.
"Yes, Miss," the middle-aged man replied, somewhat dejectedly, wondering why the Miss was protecting this young man.
At this moment, the middle-aged woman seemed to have noticed something, her expression becoming more puzzled.
"By the way, Miss, the day after tomorrow is the Ghost Martial Sect's sect assembly. Stay here these two days, don't go out. Once the assembly is over, we'll go back," the middle-aged woman said.
"I know, you can leave now. I want to rest," Lv Xiaoling told them.
"Miss, what about this young man?" the middle-aged man asked, looking at Li Lin.
"Just leave him here; with Elder Wang's restriction, he can't escape," Lv Xiaoling said.
"Alright, Miss, you rest first. We'll be next door. Just call if you need anything," the middle-aged woman said, and then she and the middle-aged man left the hall again.
"I still don't know your name, what's your name?" After seeing the two people leave, Lv Xiaoling asked Li Lin again.
"Li Lin." Li Lin replied, but inside, he was hastening the refinement of the true qi that was sealed in his meridians and acupoints. This true qi came from a martial marshal powerhouse. Although it was casually inflicted, it was extremely vast. As Li Lin refined it, he discovered that his injuries were rapidly healing during the process, which was an unexpected joy.
"Alright, let me help you into the room to rest. Once your injuries are healed, I'll let you go." Lv Xiaoling glanced at Li Lin and said, her expression carrying a hint of shyness, as if she had completely forgotten that Li Lin had stolen her Heavenly Winged Snow Lion.
Li Lin was unable to move his body. Lv Xiaoling hesitated for a moment, then actually lifted Li Lin into her arms and walked towards the inner room.
A fragrance wafted over, and Li Lin felt the softness and elasticity of Lv Xiaoling's body. Being held in her arms while refining the true qi inside his body, his mind almost wandered off into distraction.
"You rest in this room, I'll be next door." After throwing Li Lin onto the bed in the room, Lv Xiaoling glanced at him once more, then closed the door and left the room.
Li Lin sighed. This woman was young but too tempting. He then began to hasten the refinement of the true qi energy inside his body.
Time slowly passed. Li Lin didn't know how long it had been, only that it was dark and then light again, probably the next day. The last strand of true qi was finally refined, and by then, he had regained his freedom.
The true qi left in his body by that middle-aged woman had been refined, and his injuries were healed by thirty to forty percent, but the injury from the martial marshal's strike was not light.
Li Lin stuffed a third-grade high-level healing pill into his mouth, deciding to recover from his injuries first.
"Creak..." The door opened, and Lv Xiaoling walked into the room.
"Li Lin, are you hungry?" Lv Xiaoling asked Li Lin.
"I am actually a bit hungry," Li Lin said.
"I'll bring you something to eat later. By the way, where is my Heavenly Winged Snow Lion? I don't see it." Lv Xiaoling said.
"I don't know where it is; I let it go find food on its own," Li Lin said.
"I'll give you that Heavenly Winged Snow Lion, but you have to promise me one condition," Lv Xiaoling said to Li Lin.
"Given to me? What condition?" Li Lin immediately asked, thinking to himself that regardless of her gift, the Heavenly Winged Snow Lion was now his.
"After watching the excitement of the Ghost Martial Sect's sect assembly tomorrow, come back with me. You are a spirit practitioner. I will try to persuade my father to take you as his disciple, so you won't have to be a swindler and a robber anymore," Lv Xiaoling earnestly said to Li Lin, her eyes revealing a hint of shyness.
"What, go back with you?" Li Lin suddenly jumped up, not wanting to go back with her.
"Young man, who released your restriction?" Just then, a voice sounded, and a figure appeared in the room instantly.
"Miss, be careful." Another voice shouted, and the middle-aged man immediately reached Lv Xiaoling's side.
"This is bad," Li Lin sighed helplessly.
"Being able to release my restriction, young man, who exactly are you?" The middle-aged woman stared at Li Lin, her expression stunned as she asked.
"Elder Wang, you don't need to worry, he won't hurt me," Lv Xiaoling immediately said, quickly shielding Li Lin behind her.
"Miss, didn't you say he was a swindler? How come you are still..." Seeing Lv Xiaoling protecting Li Lin, the middle-aged man grew even more puzzled.
"Elder Liu, it's a misunderstanding, I was wrong," Lv Xiaoling hurriedly said.
"Young man, who exactly are you?" The middle-aged woman frowned and asked Li Lin again.
"Young man Li Lin, no special background, I've seen both elders," Li Lin jumped off the bed, saluted the two, and was already thinking about how to escape. However, the spatial beast pouch was still on Lv Xiaoling, which was somewhat troublesome.
"How did you meet my young mistress, what are your intentions?" The middle-aged man asked, his gaze fixed on Li Lin.
"I..."
"Elder Liu, I've told you he won't harm me, please leave for now," Just as Li Lin was about to speak, Lv Xiaoling immediately interrupted him, then pushed the two elders out of the room.